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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
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...post on why MS cannot sue Indians for using pirated windows. Similarly, no one can sue Indians (or other countries where those patents aren't recognised)....
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 ... is this true ? (about suing)
sorry for digging up an old thread.
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15-10-2007, 08:38 PM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
Yeah only distribution and reproduction etc can be acted legally upon, not usage. But I wouldn't really bet on that cause you never know when some moral policing becomes the actual law here.
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15-10-2007, 09:11 PM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
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... is this true ? (about suing)
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Yes, to the best of my knowledge it holds true for present laws.
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15-10-2007, 09:43 PM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
@mehulved
Are you sure MS can't do anything if Indians use pirated Win ?
Then whatabout the raids they conducted along with Symantec ? I remember such incidents in many companies in Cochin, Kerala.
Or you meant they can take some action but can't sue ?
Last edited by din; 15-10-2007 at 09:43 PM.
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15-10-2007, 10:01 PM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
^^whoaa man raids by a software company for sniffing out pirated products?Never heard of it.
Sueing can be a very complicated process cos M$ is based in US and they laws are 'strange' to say the least and very much different from Indian software\cyber(whateve) which are still in their nascent stages.
Have a look at piratebay.org/legal for some hearty laughs.
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15-10-2007, 10:56 PM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
OK, sueing, not sure aobut it. But Raids, I know some companies personally and it was true.
MS and symantec conducted raids. I think it was 4-5 yrs back. And Oracle was also there. Many of the small shop owners were really worried (pirated win) and contacted the Co-Ordinator of ILUG here in Cochin. But it didn't last much, I mean they stopped raids after few days.
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15-10-2007, 11:03 PM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
^^How can they conduct raids man?They need some law enforcing agency to accompny them and also search warrants.I don't think they can randomly select any shop and 'raid' them.But then its India afterall and everything is possible here. 
Anyways Its good for Linux. 
Linux Zindabaad.
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15-10-2007, 11:33 PM
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Have they sued anyone? It will be really difficult, if at all possible, to file a suit and win it.
At the most what MS can do is put the list in public, this would lead to loss of goodwill of these companies.
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15-10-2007, 11:38 PM
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Yes, raids haf been conducted and cases haf been filed against companies which had been using Pirated Software. But I cud never know what the judgement was. Coz almost all the times (couple of cases I've read about), got coverage only during the initial stages. Then nobody knew what happened.
Piracy is a crime. Its an offence! Don't you see raids being conducted at Video stores? AFAIK, India doesn't haf separate laws concerning pirated music/video and software.
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15-10-2007, 11:41 PM
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but they are conducted by police(or some other govt. agency) not by moserbaer or tseries.
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15-10-2007, 11:43 PM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
few months back microsoft ppl were on a patrol in bangalore's computer market... where new systems where provided with pirated windows... sort of raid
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15-10-2007, 11:50 PM
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Yeah, by police. Thats true. But the people can be punished if convicted.
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15-10-2007, 11:54 PM
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^^agree.I have seen pictures of thousands of counterfeit dvds rolled over by huge rollers in china.(and I always wished to have them all. .lol)
Yea people can be punished if konvicted.
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15-10-2007, 11:58 PM
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Yea people can be punished if konvicted.
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konvicted? Is that a new KDE app??!!   
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16-10-2007, 12:01 AM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
lol.Actually I read it somewhere that one of the sideeffect of using linux is the use of 'k' in place of 'c'.But this konvicted is inspired by Akon album by the same name....Lokks like he uses Linux too(KDE based).
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16-10-2007, 12:06 AM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
Do you mean to say eKta Kapoor uses linux too?
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16-10-2007, 12:08 AM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
who knows ... mebbe secretly... ... btw bollywood is a copycat
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16-10-2007, 12:30 AM
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No No... its Kopy kat!
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16-10-2007, 07:39 PM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
anti-piracy hoardings can be seen in coimbatore city by M$.there are lot of raids which are conducted by teams send by NASSCOM (behalf of bigwigs) Afaik-now what is it 
microsoft are mainly looking for medium sector companies and upwards to send legal warning(sueing?) or threatening by letter.i have read one such incident in LFY mag where OM logistics are threatened by Microsoft (some division) manager for piracy.while the said company had shifted to RedHat Linux already! and are asking refund for their windows oems which are not used.
http://www.nasscom.in/Nasscom/templa...e.aspx?id=6246
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24-10-2007, 09:59 AM
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Re: 30 days using Ubuntu
Very true.. Many computer shops selling new h/w and installing windows are being raided.I made the guy near my house use Fedora instead of windows.He still uses windows for tally. Does tally work under wine ?
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24-10-2007, 10:09 AM
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Cool.. He can switch fully from windows 98 now I guess 
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